so.........tell me about the vines......

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Young rock band with "The" in name = you know the drill.

Fun recent game in the newspapers - seeing their non-pop writers trying to sound knowledgeable on the 'latest trend' by airily mentioning eg "The Strokes, The Streets, The Hives..."

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 06:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Greatest band ever: The Whive Stropes.

― Nate Patrin, Tuesday, 24 September 2002 06:48 (twenty-three years ago)

The Vines seem to be an excuse to let rock writers give their Nirvana fixation some exercise. Blarg.

― Ess Kay (esskay), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 06:54 (twenty-three years ago)

At least Kurt Cobain could sing live without the use of sheets of reverb.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 07:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Craig Nicholls is a scum-sucking excuse for a human being, who seems to think that pretending to be a severe depressive is perfectly acceptable PR.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 07:47 (twenty-three years ago)

um.........yeah, so i guess i wont go buy their album then. glad i asked.

― donna (donna), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 08:21 (twenty-three years ago)

actually no, i will get it anyway......then i can be an informed disliker ( is that a word? )
and maybe i will like em....no accounting for taste you realise

― donna (donna), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 08:23 (twenty-three years ago)

b-but donna doncha realise you will succumb to the forces of MARKETING!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 08:29 (twenty-three years ago)

DOWNLOAD FIRST!!!

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 08:32 (twenty-three years ago)

No, don't download at all. Dom is right, Craig Nicholls deserves to have his voice box removed with a rusty coathanger.

They're only barely better than Silverchair because at least their singles are short meaning the pain is over quickly.

― edward o (edwardo), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 11:06 (twenty-three years ago)

but the latest silverchair singles are actually good!

(iwasgoingtodeletethisandpretendinevertypeditbutittookmeagestoputallthesapcesin-myspacebarisbroken-andididn'twanttowasteallthateffort)

― minna (minna), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 11:15 (twenty-three years ago)

There's no way back from the darkside now. If it's confession time I'll admit to liking the vocal version of Cosmos-Take Me With You.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 12:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Craig Nicholls and the Vines on Letterman had to be about the best television appearance of a musical act that i've seen in ages. Not since the black-biker-leathered PJ Harvey completely disrupted the Johnny Carson Tonight Show have i seen a more electric performance. Drugged up or not, i'll buy Highly Evolved simply for props.

All those pansy wannabe punkers au d'jour can sod off, quit posing, and start thinking about some energy again...

― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 12:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Vines = Stone Temple Pilots

I mean it, nothing to add, beginning and end really.

― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 13:35 (twenty-three years ago)

The Vines? The Hives? The this? The that? Two words:

Black Madonnas

They eat the rest.

― Roger Fascist (Roger Fascist), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 13:43 (twenty-three years ago)

I think Minna's follow-up comment is genius. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 14:25 (twenty-three years ago)

hahaha tom is right on when he talks about the fun game of band name dropping by those who have obv. heard maybe half a strokes song.

i want to know how many tapes of the 'in bloom' and 'come as you are' videos the lead singer wore through before he perfected his crash-into-the-drums routine.

― maura (maura), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 14:32 (twenty-three years ago)

haha-ned-i_wish_i_was_the_kind_of_genius_who_knew_how_to_fix_spacebars

― minna (minna), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 15:26 (twenty-three years ago)

-2002-RNS.mp3

― boxcubed (boxcubed), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 18:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Vines = Stone Temple Pilots

The Vines don't sound like Stone Temple Pilots. The Vines probably wish they could write as many catchy songs, however.

― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 19:30 (twenty-three years ago)

The Vines are really one of the least interesting bands Australia has to offer at the moment. They're not even their management's best band. Try Rocket Science or Youth Group instead (both far, far superior bands)..

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 24 September 2002 23:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Hives>Vines any fuckin' day, for suits, ties and crazy grin alone.
Hives: antics enhance music/performance.
Vines: antics try haplessly to supplement putrid lack of music/performance quality.

― Steph (Steph), Wednesday, 25 September 2002 00:34 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

Revive...

Fuck knows why, cos I've never had any love for The Vines, but I've just come into possession of the new album Winning Days, and I'm slightly chastened to say it's not the execrable pile of wankshite I was expecting. In all recent interviews, Craig has come across as vaccuous, dangerously ill-informed and just plain desperate and sad, but I'm halfway through the album and have as yet had no Stereophonics-like Pavlovian urge to press stop and throw the damn thing out of the window. Sure, it's no u-turn musically - vaguely Beatlesy melodies/harmonies with the occasional burst of wasn't-Kurt-great dynamics, lyrics about absolutely fuck-all - hell, they've not even bothered to pretend they're reinventing the wheel *again*, but...oh bloody hell, it's ok, y'know?

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned the new album before now. Perhaps they've been written offf due to Nichols's arseishness. Thoughts?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 12:02 (twenty-two years ago)

the guitar tone on the new single is the worst i've ever heard on a studio recording. whoever produced it is either cloth eared or a fucking pansy-ass who can't stand up to nicholls/the record company/the management

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 12:04 (twenty-two years ago)

seriously, is it so hard to get a guitar to not sound like a 16-year old in his bedroom playing a squier through a peavey?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 12:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I started to worry about how much they owe their label after watching their Michel Gondry-directed video last night. That and Craig Nicholls' insurance premia must be breaking their bank

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 12:12 (twenty-two years ago)

their last album sold a respectable amount, not as much as Jet though. ha! melbourne beats sydney yet again

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 12:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, but they're not from a part of Sydney espoused by anyone else, they're from *The Shire*. You won't find any Surry Hills/Glebe/Newtown/etc inhabitant claiming ownership of The Vines or basking in any reflected glory they might find, any more than you'd find anyone in Brunswick banging on about how Jet are "their" band, surely?

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)

i haven't been to brunswick lately but y'know i wouldn't be surprised

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 12:22 (twenty-two years ago)

i was being silly anyway

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't worry, nobody would ever be stupid enough to think that Melbournians were proud of Jet (except for JJJ listeners).

Australian ILMers need to have a day of local band shame, a day in which we apologise for crap local bands getting big: Brisbane=Powderfinger, Sydney=The Vines, Melbourne=Jet, & Perth=The John Butler Trio.

I've already done my bit by hiroshimaing the drummer from Butterfly Effect when I was a teenager - so I have no guilt when it comes to them.

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 12:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Adelaide needs to take some responsibility here surely?

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 12 March 2004 11:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Are the Vines from Sydney? They were so crap I had simply assumed they were from Melbourne.

― the music mole (colin s barrow), Friday, 12 March 2004 12:19 (twenty-two years ago)

My sister in law lives in Glebe, NSW, and at the height of the Vines hype she had never heard of them.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Friday, 12 March 2004 14:15 (twenty-two years ago)

The Vines are from The Shire? tricky hobbitses...

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 12 March 2004 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)

on behalf of adelaide i apologise for the superjesus...

― umop apisdn (umop apisdn), Friday, 12 March 2004 15:46 (twenty-two years ago)

the video for the new single is quite good - blatant Courtney dig/tribute included

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 12 March 2004 15:53 (twenty-two years ago)

If you believe the SPIN article, she was filming her own vid next door and crashed the Vines' set. There's a real meeting of the minds for you.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 12 March 2004 16:15 (twenty-two years ago)

it's really her in the video? hrrmrmmrmrmrm

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 12 March 2004 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

are you sure " the shire"....i've read marrickville...the land of pho

― toe-foo (toe-foo), Friday, 12 March 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Travis Morrison of the Dismemberment Plan is fucking ANGRY!

― LITTLE LAMB [Jon Williams] (ex machina), Friday, 12 March 2004 20:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Eh -- I liked a few of the songs on the first album. Admittedly, the singer is a dolt, but at times he can be quite entertaining.
I remember an interview in which he stated that he wanted a statue on his grave of David Gahan, shirt flapping in the breeze, inscribed "Sleep Well, My Dark Angel" (= classic).

We'll see, eh?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Saturday, 13 March 2004 03:02 (twenty-two years ago)

eleven months pass...

HAHA , Emily likes the Vines. ;-)
Seriously though, I read that thing about Dave Gahan in Rolling Stone and that's the only halfway cool thing that guy ever said.

― Don't Ever Antagonize The Horny (AaronHz), Thursday, 10 March 2005 19:51 (twenty-one years ago)

"we'll see"

haha, we saw, and they are officially stinkers.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 10 March 2005 22:39 (twenty-one years ago)

wow, i was an angry young man in those days

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 11 March 2005 00:29 (twenty-one years ago)

did you guys hear about a few months ago when the Vines guy was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome?

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1493980/20041119/vines_the.jhtml

it's kinda weird that everyone always (jokingly?) talked about how he acted/looked like a retard and that it was probably a put-on and then it turns out that apparently he does have an autistic disorder. although I think at the time of that announcement a lot of people speculated that it was another put-on because it was brought up in a court trial.

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 11 March 2005 01:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Is there something special about reviving this thread on March 10th each year or what?

― Bimble... (Bimble...), Friday, 11 March 2005 02:04 (twenty-one years ago)

no I just revived a bunch of random threads about shit bands people talked about in 2002 today.

― Don't Ever Antagonize The Horny (AaronHz), Friday, 11 March 2005 02:07 (twenty-one years ago)

REMEMBER SILVERCHAIR

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 11 March 2005 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)

even after years of therapy, unfortunately i still do

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 11 March 2005 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)

"Get Free" pwnz.

― miccio (miccio), Friday, 11 March 2005 03:22 (twenty-one years ago)

What? Your soul?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 March 2005 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)

"sk8er boi is more challenging than get free" - Dave Grohl

― Don't Ever Antagonize The Horny (AaronHz), Friday, 11 March 2005 03:24 (twenty-one years ago)

and ELP is more challenging than sk8erboi, so what? and when in the last decade has Dave Grohl given two shits about what's challenging? "Sk8erboi" is more challenging than "Learn To Fly"!

― miccio (miccio), Friday, 11 March 2005 03:26 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah Probot was such a VH1-ready sellout...
(you're not gonna get me to defend foo fighters)

― Don't Ever Antagonize The Horny (AaronHz), Friday, 11 March 2005 03:29 (twenty-one years ago)

They have a few great tunes. Their cover of the Beatles' "I'm Only Sleeping" is excellent.

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Friday, 11 March 2005 03:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually if "challenging" is Dave Grohl's musical goal, that might explain why he released an acoustic version of "Times Like These." It's harder to get through than Myst or what the fuck ever.

― miccio (miccio), Friday, 11 March 2005 03:31 (twenty-one years ago)

"Red War" alone shits all over anything the Vines will ever do. Most of the credit for that goes to Max Cavalera's voice, granted.

― Don't Ever Antagonize The Horny (AaronHz), Friday, 11 March 2005 03:36 (twenty-one years ago)

THE COLOUR AND THE SHAPE PWNZ

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 11 March 2005 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)

six years pass...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Future_Primitive.png

Out June 3, 2011

Track listing:

1. Gimme Love
2. Leave Me In The Dark
3. Candy Flippin' Girl
4. A.S.4 (Autumn Shade 4)
5. Weird Animals
6. Cry
7. Future Primitive
8. Riverview Avenue
9. Black Dragon
10. All That You Do
11. Outro
12. Goodbye
13. S.T.W.

― Bee OK, Sunday, 22 May 2011 02:55 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/vines-singer-craig-nicholls-arrested-over-violent-rampage-at-home-20121016-27nuv.html

― pretty even gender split (Eazy), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 01:06 (thirteen years ago)

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